Rail-anchor



L. 1. BERKELEY.-

rammed Oct. 26,1920.

4 SHEETSSHEET 1.

L. J. BERKELEY.

RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5. 1919.

Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

L. L BERKELEY.

RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION m'so SEPT. 5, 1919.

1,356,690. Patented Oct. 26,1920.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

L. J. BERKELEY.

RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT 5, 1919' Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

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UNITED STAT.

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LAURENCE J. BERKELEY, 0 BACINE,.WISCO1\TSIN, AssIeNo '10 P. a M,COMPANY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AcoEroE TIoN. OF ILLINOIS.

RAIL-ANCHOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. September 5, 1919, Serial No. 321,881.;

and useful Improvements in Rail-Anchors,

of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to rail anchors, and

has for its object to provide a new and improved rail anchor which willreadily yield to compensate for the expansion or contraction of the railto which it is applied, which will gripthe rail with a spring pressureso as to resist the tendency which the vibration of the rail,or othercauses, has

to loosening its efi'ective grip on the rail,

and which will increase its grip on the rail during any longitudinalcreeping of the rail.

'My invention contemplates a device made up of a plurality of parts,certain parts of which are made of cast metal and certain other partsthough it will beobvious from the following description thatmodifications in structure might be made without departing from myinvention.

The various parts of my preferred form of anchor are of suchconstruction that they may be readily constructed, assembled andpermanently secured together at a minimum cost of labor and material.Then the parts are assembled they provide, in effect, a one piece anchorwhich is less expensive to 'manufacture than a similar device made enandat the same time tirely of spring metal, possess the meritoriousfeatures of a device made entirely of spring metal.

The invention isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan invention, illustrating the manner in which it isapplied to the rail; v

' Fig. 2 is an end view in elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 8 is a front view in'elevation of the device, showing the rail in"cross-section;

Fig. .4 is a view in perspective of the rail anchor shown in thepreceding figures; Fig.5 is a plan view of a modification, illustratingthe-manner in which this form of anchor is applied to the rail;

Fig. 6' is an end view of the same; 1 Fig. 7 is a front view. inelevation of the being made of spring metal,

view of one form of the anchor shown in Figs. 5' and 6 withthe railshown in section; and

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Fig. 8 is a view in perspectiveofthe de;

vice shown in Figs. 5', 6 and 7; s

Like characters of reference designate like partsthroughout the severalfigures of'the drawings.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 4:: inclusive of the drawings: 10designates a railroad rail and 11 one of the cross-ties on which therail is supported: The form of the invention shownin these fi resconsists, preferably, ofa casting. mem er 12 and. a spring metal member13 which together embrace the base flange of the rail. The castingmember is'formed with a depending flange 14 adapted toibear against oneof the vertical faces of the tie 11, and is formed with an integral,relatively narrow, aw 15 which fits over one edge of" the base flange.of the.

rail. The casting member, preferably pros jects beyond the jaw, asindicated at 16 (Fig. 4:), and is formed at itsouter end with; a curvedrecess 17.; The spring element'13 is preferably round in cross-section,andis formed at onevend with a hook or-jaw portion 18-which fits overthe opposite edge The-other endofthe spring 1 is bent as indicated at19,. so as to fit the.

of the rail base.

curved recess 17, and is rigidly-secured in a bore 20 formed in thecasting by any suitable means, such for example as-by a pin 21, as shownin Fig. 2. It will be obvious that the sprlng element 13 if desiredmight be secured in the casting by supporting it in the castin mold andpouring the molten metal aroun it, instead of securing it in the bore20,as above described.

= When the casting and'spring elements 12, 13, are secured together, thebent portion 19 of the spring substantially fits the curved seatprovided by the recess 17in the casting,

and the jaw end 18 of the spring extends at an angle with relation tothe face 22 ofthejaw15.' I

When applyingtheanchor to the rail,

the jaw 15 of the casting 12' is applied. over one edgeof-the'basefiange and the tie abutting portion is so positioned withrelation 11 that the toe portion 23 thereof engages one of the verticalfaces of the tie. When the anchor is thus far applied, the element 13assumes a diagonal posi r tion under the rail base, substantially asin-i to the, tie

spring dicated in dotted lines at A, (Fig. 1). The jaw end 18 of thespring element may then be forced in a direction away from the tie tothe position shown at B in Fig. 1, in which position the hook portionthereof -will clear the vertical edge of the rail.

Upon releasing the spring element IltfWlll return to its normaloperativeposition, as shown at (3 in Fig. 1. When theanchor is in its operativeposition, the spring element 13 takes a shackle hold on the rail, andexertssuflicient pressure against the edge of V the rail base to resistthe tendency of the vibration of the rail, or other causes, to loosenthe effective grip of the device on the rail. Any longitudinal movementof the rail toward the tie increases the pressure of the tie abuttingportion 14- against the tie and causes the casting element 12 to rock inthe directionindicated by the arrow in Fig. 1. The tie abutting foot 14:is preferably formed with a curved surface 24L tov facilitate thisoperation. The rocking action of the casting tends to shorten thedistance between the jaws 15, 18, so as to increase the grip of thedevice on the rail. Any longitudinal movement of the rail toward the tiehas a tendency to move the jaw end 18 of the spring element 13 towardthe tie, and in this way increases the grip of the device on'the railirrespective of any rocking movement of the casting member 12.-- Duringthe clear the vertical edges of the rail.

rocking movement of the casting it will be seen that there is acombination of both in the space 29 between said flanges 27, 28'

by a rivet 34. The spring yoke is also formed with reverse curves 35,35, adapted to normally seat against the curved portions 30, 3O oftheflanges, so that the opposite ends of the spring yoke assume thepositions shown at D, D, before the jaws 32, 33 are sprung intoengagement with the edges of the rail base. The jaws 32, 33 may beapplied over opposite edges of the base flange of the rail by springingthe ends of the yoke 31' in opposite directions until the edges 36, 37.ofthe jaws 32, 33, respectively The jaws being released in this positionwill as- V sume their operative positions E, E, by

spring action. When the spring yoke is in its operative position, thestraight portion 38 of the yoke extends at an angle with remember beingand described except in so far as specific limitations may appear in theappended claims.

I claim: a

1. A rail anchor comprising a jaw element to engage one edge of the baseflange of a railroad rail and formed with a tie abutting portion, and aspring member associated with said element adapted to engage theopposite edge of the rail; said spring member being formed to extenddiagonally across the rail base and adapted to be strained in itsapplication to the rail and said jaw element being adapted to rockduring a creeping-pressure on the rail to increase the the rail. l i V2. A rail anchor, comprising a jaw element to engage one edge of thebase flange of a railroad rail .and formed with a tie abutting portion,and a spring member assogrip of the spring member on ciated with saidelement adapted to engage v the opposite edge of the' rail; said springformed to'extend diagonally across the rail base and adapted to beflexed at a point adjacent saidelement in its application to the railand said jaw element being adapted to rock during a creeping pressure onthe rail toincrease the the spring member on the rail. 7

3. A rail anchor comprising a jaw element toengage one edge of the baseflange of a railroad rail and formed with a tie abutting portion, and. aspring member rigidly secured at one end to said element and adaptedtoengage the opposite edge of the rail; said spring member being formedgrip" of to extend diagonally across the rail base and i adapted to beflexed at a point adjacent said element in its applicationto the railand said jaw element being adapted to rock during a creeping pressure onthe rail to increase the rail. r

4. A railianchor comprising a jaw element to engageone edge'of the baseflange of a rail and formed with a tie abutting portion, and a springrigidly secured at one end to said jaw element and formed at the otherend with a hook adapted to grip the opposite edge of the rail base withspring pressure; said jaw element being adapted to be rockedduringthecreeping action of the rail to increase the grip of the device on therail.

grip of the spring member on the bar, round in cross section,

I by the grip of the anchor on 5. A rail anchor comprising a tieabutting member having a jaw adapted to engage one edge of the baseflange of a rail and a spring member engaging the opposite edge of therail and engaged with said tie abutting member at a point longitudinallyremote from said jaw.

6. A rail anchor comprising a tie abutting member having a jaw adaptedto engage one edge of the base flange of a rail and a spring memberengaging the opposite edge of the rail and secured to said tie abuttingmember in advance of said jaw.

7 A rail anchor comprising a jaw member and a spring member securedthereto which together embrace the base flange of a rail; the springmember being formed to extend diagonally across the rail base and thejaw member being adapted to be rocked during the creeping action of therail wherethe rail is increased. v v

8. A rail anchor comprising a jaw member having a jaw member forengaging with one edge of the base flange of a rail and a spring elementsecured to said jaw member and formed with means for engaging theopposite edge of said rail base; said jaw member being formed with a tieabutting portion positioned with'relation to the jaw whereby thecreeping action of the rail toward the tie rocks the said jaw toward thetie and increases the grip of the device on the rail.

9. A rail anchor comprising having a jaw the base flange of a rail and aspring element secured to said jaw member extending diagonally acrossthe rail base and formed with means for engaging thereof; said jawmember being formed with a tie abutting portion positioned with relationto the jaw whereby the creeping action of the rail toward the jaw towardthe tie and increases the the device on the rail.

10. A rail anchor comprising rail base engaging jaw members for engagingopposite edges of the base flange of av rail and a a jaw member grip offor engaging with one edge of I the opposite edge tie rocks the said tieabutting element positioned intermediate said jaws and adapted to berocked during the creeping action of the rail to increase the grip ofthe device on the rail. I

11. A rail anchor comprising rail base engaging jaw members for engagingopposite edges of the base flange of a rail and a tie abutting elementpositioned intermediate said jaws and adapted to be rocked on a verticalaxis during the creeping action of the rail to increase the grip of thedevice on the rail.

12. A rail anchor comprising rail tie engaging jaw members for engagingopposite edges of the base flange of a rail and a curved tie abuttingelement positioned intermediate said jaws at a point adjacent one ofsaid jaws and adapted to be rocked on a vertical axis during thecreeping action of the rail to increase the rail.

13. A rail anchor comprising in combination a spring member bentintermediate its ends and adapted to extend diagonally across the railbase to engage the edge thereof, and a tie abutting element seateagainst the bent portion of said spring. and to be rocked by thecreeping pressure to increase the grip of the device on the rail.

14. A rail anchor comprising in combination, a casting and a springmember secured the grip of the device on V adapted together and adaptedto engage the opposite edges of a rail base with spring pressure; saidcasting being formed with a curved tie abutting portion and adapted tobe rocked on a vertical axis during the creeping action of the rail toincrease the grip of the device on the rail base.

15. A rail anchor comprising in combination, a casting formed with arail base engaging jaw, a tie abutting portion to the rear of said jawand formed with a bore terminating in a curved recess at the forward endof the casting and a spring metal element bent to seat in said curvedrecess, having one end secured in said bore, and provided at the otherend with a hook portion adapted to engage one edge of the rail base.

LAURENCE J. BERKELEY.

